Aftermath
The attack was the worst incident involving Italian soldiers since Operation Restore Hope in Somalia and the highest loss of Italian soldiers since World War II. The attack thus shocked Italy and plunged it into a three-day mourning period. The soldiers were given a state funeral.
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“The aftermath of joy is not usually more joy.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)